How To Install darkstat on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install darkstat on Kali Linux.
What is darkstat
It is a packet sniffer which runs as a background process and serves its statistics to a web browser:
- input and output IP traffic by machines, ports and protocols,
- last minute, hourly, daily and monthly global input and output graphics.
It is known to be smaller (in terms of memory footprint) and stabler than ntop.
There are three ways to install darkstat on Kali Linux . We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install darkstat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install darkstat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install darkstat
Install darkstat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install darkstat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install darkstat
Install darkstat Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install darkstat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install darkstat
How To Uninstall darkstat on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the darkstat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove darkstat
Uninstall darkstat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall darkstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove darkstat
Remove darkstat Configurations and Data
To remove darkstat configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge darkstat
Remove darkstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove darkstat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge darkstat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install darkstat using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.